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I am hereby showing you Seven(7) ways/methods to change the footer content/copyright in any WordPress theme.
This tutorial solves most trending problems concerning the issues of :
• How to change the footer credits in a theme.
• How to edit footer copyright in a theme.
•How to change “Powered by WordPress” in a footer area.
• How to edit footer credit in the footer of a WordPress theme.
• How to change “Theme by So so so” in a WordPress footer area.
• How to customize a footer area of a WordPress site to suite one’s choice.
Before we proceed,let quickly understand what is meant by footer and Footer credit.
Footer is the bottom part/area/section of a webpage where copyright texts,credits and some important links are located.
It is usually indexed by search engine.
Footer Credit is the copyright text or link placed in the footer section of a webpage.
It comes with most every free WordPress theme.
Now, To be asked, Is it allowed to change or edit the footer credits or contents ?
It is allowed because WordPress comes with GPL license, General Public Licence, which means you are free to edit the source code, change or do any modification to any part of it in any way you like.
Why do we need to change it ?
There are some important reasons which one might have to change the footer credits. Among them are :
• To add some important links.
• To add copyright owner’s text.
• To add one’s credit/brand name.
• To make the site look professional.
• Generally for SEO merits.
So, here are the seven most effective methods that can be used to change or edit the footer credit or content of your site.
All the methods are effective and you can use any of them but remember that one method may be better than other and some may not work with your own theme, so you can just apply another method.
First Method : By Using Theme Customizer.
This is the first method which does not require any code issue, you will not need to learn any code before doing this.
This can be used only if your theme has the setting to change the footer content in the customizer.
Login to your site Admin Panel>Dashboard > Navigate to Appearance > Customize.
In the customizer page, go to theme options panel and write your footer text or delete and change the footer text to your own if you found one there.
That’s all about the first method.
Example of the theme that allows this is “Internet Provider“.
Second Method : By Using Widget.
This one also requires no code before executing, it’s as simple as ABC.
Just log in to your WordPress site > Widget.
In the widget area all you just need is to drag and drop.
You will see all the Footers you theme can display.
There, you can make any modification you want.
Method Three : By Using CSS Code.
If you can not find it in the widget of some themes or unable to change it.
You can use this method three.
Login to your site,go to your Dashboard > Appearance > Customize.The go to the bottom you will see ” Additional CSS” click on it.
It will shows you a CSS input field, Copy and past the below css snippet code :
.site-info{display: none;}
Then save.
This code will only hide those footer links/credits or texts but they will not get deleted.
But one problem with this method is that hiding link is against Google’s policy, so they may not index your footer area. I.e search engine will not see it.
Therefore, It is recommended not to use this method if you are concerned with SEO.
But if you are not concerned with whether the search engine sees it or not, you can use the Method.
* There is another technical way you can use to apply this CSS method. It is very effective and the site engine will index your site.
It requires some procedures, but if you need it you can contact me.
Method Four : By Using Plugin
This method is also very easy to use.
You will need to download a plugin from WordPress Plugin Directory.
The name of the plugin is “Remove Footer Credit”.
A simple plugin to remove footer credit of any WordPress theme.
After downloading, activate the plugin.
Then go to Dashboard > Tools > Remove Footer Credit.
You will see two input fields,in one field you will enter all texts you want to remove and in the second field, you will be asked to enter the text you want to use to replace the one you removed,then click save.
That’s all.
Method Five : By Editing Theme’s footer.php Template Files.
This is another method you can use if any of the above methods fail or is unable to work with your own theme.
It is very technical to edit files in the source code area,so you have to be very careful when editing source code because a single mistake may cause a fatal problem or error to your website entirely.
This warning should not scarces you away from achieving what you want to achieve,just be cautious.
It is advisable to Back up your site or footer.php template before editing, if any thing happens wrongly, you will just use the your backup files to restore back your website or you may create a child theme and copy footer.php files from the parent theme to the child theme and start editing.
Go to your dashboard > Appearance > Theme Editor.
On the theme editor page,select the theme you want to edit,the active/current theme would have been pre-selected by default.
Then Click on footer.php and look for the footer credit text as on the the below :Then change them to yours,then click Update files.
That’s all.
Method Six :By Editing Inc Files/Templates.
This is similar to the method above,it is also technical.
This is used when one can not find any plain editable footer text in footer.php files.
This occurs when the theme developer uses hook files for footer credits,so that you will not be able to edit the footer credit.
But by editing all INC files,you will find the footer credit text/link in any of those files. You have to check all files inside Inc especially custom.php.
The reason you need to check all files is that developer may choose to place it at any file template depending on the theme’s protocols. So if you can not find it in one,check another one until you find it.
Don’t retreat,Continue to look for it in another file template. When you see it,edit and change the texts and links to yours.
Method Seven : By Deleting Hooked Files.
This is more technical because you need to delete some codes from your footer.php template.
The code being used to hook up the footer credit is usually placed in footer.php.The below are the steps to be taken :
• Login To Your Website.
• Navigate To Dashboard > Appearance > Theme Editor.
• Select The Theme To Edit.
• Click On footer.php Template.
• Locate The Hooked Code For Footer Credit.
• Enter Your Custom Footer Code.
Copy and paste the code to the latter line of your footer.php
Endnotes: These are the seven(7) methods you can use to remove or change the copyright footer from a WordPress theme.
If you encounter any problem with any of these methods, feel free to contact me.
Make sure you comment below to share you testimony.
Happy coding….
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